Ideational
//ʌɪdɪˈeɪʃən(ə)l// adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to the formation of ideas or thoughts of objects not immediately present to the senses. not-comparable
"An immoral dream would demonstrate nothing further of the dreamer's inner life than that he had at some time acquired knowledge of its ideational content [translating Vorstellungsinhalt], but certainly not that it revealed an impulse of his own psyche."
Adjective
- 1 being of the nature of a notion or concept wordnet
Example
More examples"An immoral dream would demonstrate nothing further of the dreamer's inner life than that he had at some time acquired knowledge of its ideational content [translating Vorstellungsinhalt], but certainly not that it revealed an impulse of his own psyche."
Etymology
From ideation + -al.
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